alik
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Post by alik on Feb 24, 2019 14:41:31 GMT -5
My husband and I belong to the rock club in our retirement community, which is in Arizona. There are plenty of rocks around and we go to specific rock sites once or twice a month, for collection. I make mixed media mobiles, pictures covered with epoxy, painted rocks, pendants, and more recently a bracelet featuring an Apache tear collected near by. Had a heck of a time drilling holes into the tears. I'm tumbling jasper, reds and golds, in the hopes of making a few bracelets...if we can get the holes drilled! It's fun and I look forward to utilizing this website.
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Tommy
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Post by Tommy on Feb 24, 2019 14:46:30 GMT -5
Welcome alik! It's very nice to have you here
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jimaz
spending too much on rocks
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Post by jimaz on Feb 24, 2019 15:50:13 GMT -5
Welcome from Green Valley, Arizona.
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Post by rockjunquie on Feb 24, 2019 19:02:14 GMT -5
Welcome from Virginia!
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Feb 24, 2019 19:40:10 GMT -5
Welcome from snowy Northern Arizona!
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Post by MsAli on Feb 24, 2019 21:43:48 GMT -5
Welcome from Fresno California
Cant wait to see some of your work
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Post by vegasjames on Feb 25, 2019 3:48:53 GMT -5
Welcome to RTH.
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mgrets
spending too much on rocks
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Post by mgrets on Feb 26, 2019 19:48:16 GMT -5
Welcome from NW Ohio/SW Florida!
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Post by TheRock on Feb 28, 2019 1:40:42 GMT -5
@ alik To RTH Forum from ~Duke in S/W Michigan
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Kai
spending too much on rocks
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Post by Kai on Feb 28, 2019 9:42:46 GMT -5
A European welcome to you!
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Post by gmitch067 on Feb 28, 2019 11:40:13 GMT -5
My husband and I belong to the rock club in our retirement community, which is in Arizona. There are plenty of rocks around and we go to specific rock sites once or twice a month, for collection. I make mixed media mobiles, pictures covered with epoxy, painted rocks, pendants, and more recently a bracelet featuring an Apache tear collected near by. Had a heck of a time drilling holes into the tears. I'm tumbling jasper, reds and golds, in the hopes of making a few bracelets...if we can get the holes drilled! It's fun and I look forward to utilizing this website. Welcome to the Forum alik from Northern California! I also have fun drilling holes in pendants. There is a brief video on the Rio Grande web site that helped me out a lot (although molding a swimming pool for each individual stone became a little tedious... fun... but not when you are doing a bunch of stones. I now just put some firm foam rubber on the bottom of a plastic sandwich container, fill with water to submerge the stone and drill the holes using a lite touch to minimize pushing it around): www.riogrande.com/product/variable-speed-mini-drill-press/330012I use my dremel to drill the holes, but might just go out and get the press shown in the video (best to shop around for a good deal. I see a big price difference for this animal). The dremel drill press I have is a pain to setup and change bits - and if you have a heavy hand tends to push the bit sideways enough to sometimes damage the stone or break a bit . Most of the hole sizes I drill are 1mm or 1.5mm but there are larger core bits out there. I get the bits from The Rock Shed (they are expensive, but I only do a few rocks... this is a hobby for me... not a business). www.therockshed.com/equipment4.htmlI hope this helps you. Glenn
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Post by miket on Feb 28, 2019 12:01:08 GMT -5
My husband and I belong to the rock club in our retirement community, which is in Arizona. There are plenty of rocks around and we go to specific rock sites once or twice a month, for collection. I make mixed media mobiles, pictures covered with epoxy, painted rocks, pendants, and more recently a bracelet featuring an Apache tear collected near by. Had a heck of a time drilling holes into the tears. I'm tumbling jasper, reds and golds, in the hopes of making a few bracelets...if we can get the holes drilled! It's fun and I look forward to utilizing this website. Welcome to the Forum alik from Northern California! I also have fun drilling holes in pendants. There is a brief video on the Rio Grande web site that helped me out a lot (although molding a swimming pool for each individual stone became a little tedious... fun... but not when you are doing a bunch of stones. I now just put some firm foam rubber on the bottom of a plastic sandwich container, fill with water to submerge the stone and drill the holes using a lite touch to minimize pushing it around): www.riogrande.com/product/variable-speed-mini-drill-press/330012I use my dremel to drill the holes, but might just go out and get the press shown in the video (best to shop around for a good deal. I see a big price difference for this animal). The dremel drill press I have is a pain to setup and change bits - and if you have a heavy hand tends to push the bit sideways enough to sometimes damage the stone or break a bit . Most of the hole sizes I drill are 1mm or 1.5mm but there are larger core bits out there. I get the bits from The Rock Shed (they are expensive, but I only do a few rocks... this is a hobby for me... not a business). www.therockshed.com/equipment4.htmlI hope this helps you. Glenn jamesp had a post about a drill press from Rio Grande that he just got and said he loves, I believe he said it was just $45 which included shipping...
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Feb 28, 2019 13:48:37 GMT -5
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Post by As I in does tries! on Mar 4, 2019 16:23:18 GMT -5
Greetings from Scotland, United Kingdom!
I currently have the following Lortone QT12/66 rotary tumbler, Lortone C300 rotary tumbler, 2x Viking Vibrasonic 2x 14lb and 2x 6lb hoppers (Diamond Pacific) (USA) vibrating tumblers, Hans lapidary 6 wheel rock grinder and polisher, 6 inch blade and wheel combo unit that is currently under redevelopment, with Silicon Carbide grit Fixed80, F220, F600, F1200, with Tin Oxide (1.0 micron) and Aluminum Oxide (0.3 micron) polishes.
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